Posts tagged “J.J. Abrams”

Bad Robot, the production company of J.J. "I make every show and movie starting with 'Star'" Abrams, have officially opened a video games division. They have dabbled in games before, including collaborating with Valve on Team Fortress 2's Pass Time mode and with ChAIR on the still-unseen Spyjinx, but now they're really going for it. Video games are a good match for J.J.: they share…

Half-Life and Portal movies are "in development", according to JJ Abrams. The director told IGN that "We've got writers, and we're working on both those stories. But nothing that would be an exciting update." Which means clearly Abrams isn't familiar with Half-Life fans, who can see excitement in a cloud shaped like Gordon Freeman's face.

Your man J.J. Abrams, him behind the new Star Wars and Star Trek and Star Lost and Star Alias, is sauntering into video games with a game not about Stars at all. He and his production company Bad Robot are working with Infinity Blade and Shadow Complex devs ChAIR on Spyjinx [official site], a game clearly about espionage. They're a bit vague about what else…

Telltale's pretty much synonymous with The Walking Dead these days, but it has plans. Big plans. Maybe it'll build a rocketship to Mars. Or perhaps it'll make the world's tallest ice cream sandwich. Also to Mars. Or I guess it could be making some more videogames, but that's kinda reaching a bit. Regardless, I asked Telltale CEO Dan Connors what lies beyond his studio's tear-blurred…

With yesterday's news that Valve and J.J Abrams are working on a potential Portal movie, RPS immediately sent its spies into action. Infiltrating Valve HQ, we managed to steal three pages of script before the turrets woke up.

Some people talk. You know, with tongues and barbaric throat gurgles. Like peasants. But those people haven't conquered entire entertainment industries using titanic minds and the world's supply of lens flare alone. So naturally, Gabe Newell and JJ Abrams' verbal sparring match drew a bit more attention than the average bout of watercooler small talk. Also, it helps when the conversation involves the formation of…

I'm off in the strange, far-away land of Las Vegas right now, and I just got done watching Gabe Newell and JJ "Warring Trek of the Stars" Abrams chat each other up on stage. I'll have more from the talk for you soon, but here's the big take-away: Valve and Abrams are officially collaborating. "What we're actually doing here," Newell said at the talk's conclusion,…